by scribe | Jul 11, 2010 | Chess Lecture, openings
As anybody who has seen my ChessLectures or read enough of this blog knows, one of my favorite opening experiments of all time was the following queen sacrifice against the Sicilian Defense: 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3!? de 4. Ng5 (a Budapest Defense reversed) .Nf6 5....
by scribe | May 28, 2010 | games, openings, people, tournaments
The Chicago Open started yesterday! Bill Goichberg, the TD, said that this year’s tournament is one of the strongest tournaments that he has ever run (except for the World Open), with 23 grandmasters. That’s really saying something, because nobody runs...
by scribe | Apr 24, 2010 | games, openings, people, ruminations
In my last entry I mentioned the chess party I’m going to this afternoon, which I am supposed to take two games to (my best loss, and a game where I carried one plan to its conclusion). I noticed that both games had something in common — I did not castle...
by scribe | Mar 22, 2010 | Chess Lecture, literature, off-topic, openings, ruminations
I’m going to take a deep breath and go off-topic again in this entry, with apologies to people who come here looking for chess coverage. As you know, I only write off-topic entries on rare occasions, such as the U.S. presidential election in 2008. This post is...
by scribe | Jan 21, 2010 | games, openings, people
A few days ago I got a very interesting and pleasant surprise, a comment on my blog from a player I used to know back in North Carolina. His name is Rich Jackson, and he was responding to this post where I analyzed a game we played in the 1987 state championship. The...
by scribe | Dec 30, 2009 | openings, ruminations, tournaments
This morning I decided to tally my tournament results for the year 2009, breaking them down according to whether I was White or Black and according to the level of opposition. The results, I think you will agree, are rather surprising: Against Masters Against...
